Apparatus for painting and drying.



A. S. ANDERSON, DEC'D. H. A. ANDERSON, Aumms'rnumx.

APPARATUS foR PAmTms AND Drums. APPLlCATlON fILED IMLZS. 1915.

Patented Aug. 28, 1917.

ATTORNEY.

BYJ

UNITED STATES PATENT )FFICE.

ALBERT S. ANDERSON. 0F EAST CHAITANOOGA, TENNESSEE; HATTIE A. ANDERSON. ADMINISTRATRIX 0F SAID ALBERT S. ANDERSON, DECEASED.

APPARATUS FOR PAINTING AND DRYING.

Application led January 25. 1916.

.distribute the paint on thc. surface of the articles and make it sctovhilc so distributed. Therefore, the present invention has for one ot its objects, a method and means for uniformly distributing a coating of even thickness over the articlel treated and inakin such coating dry while so di`trihuted.

IVith the above and other objects in view, I will now proceed to describe the invention in connection with a specific fornr'of apparatus practicing the same which I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings and which, in operation, has been found to give good results. e* A In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view, in side elevation, of one of the article carrying;r disks.

Fig. 2 is a face view of a portion of one of the disks shown` in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 9. and shovvirngr an article immersed in aint to a predetermined depth.

llig. 4 is a view, in side elevation. showingr the disk mounted ready for moving.,Y the articles bodily in a circular path.

Fig. 5 is a view, in side elevation partly in section showing the paint supply tank and the means for imnicrsing the articles; and i p Fig. (S is a detail view, in side elevation, of the means for attaching an article carrying disk to the means for immersing the articles.

In detail:

The apparatus comprises'tholdisks,provided with hubs 2 longitudinally bored as shown at 3 and said disks 1 are each provided with a plurality of rows of holes 4 preferably comcntrieally arranged. Each hole 4 receives a` plugr Fi ha\ intlr a shouldered head 6 abutting thc face of the disk 1 which Specification of Letters Patent.

.,atenl'ed Aug. 28, 1917.

Seria] No. 74.168A

is opposite to the huh 4. Also cach plug 5 is provided with a spike T having* a pointed length S, collar J and head 11T which latter retain said spike in. position relative to the plutr 5.

After a plurality of the disks have been lillcd with articles 11 as shown in Fig. l the said disks arc placcd on the dipping mechanism which. as shown, comprises a tank l2 havingr therein the verticallyv extending,r spindle 13 provided with a eollar'l inst above the level of the paint. Above the tank 12 is arranged a shaft 1T carrying` a gear 16 meshing with a gear 17 on a Second shaft 1S which latter shaft is proiided with a pulley1 19 about which :i cable 20 Winds. The shaft 15 may hcy driven by `a mutilated. or more particularly speaking, a sectoral gzcar which will permit the said shaft to oscillatcl (,)n the free cud of cable 20 is a forked incmhcr 21 havinglr on each anni thereoi' a hook :i: and said hooksl engage w'th ears Jil on hulls` i so that when the di ,di l are disposed. s shown in Fig. l. the oscillation of hatt 15 will pcrinit disk 1 to reciprocate on spindle ll they collar 14 serving to limit ,thc depth to which the articles carried by the disks are immersed and never permitting the face of a disk to receive paint.;

The disks. after Ybeing removed from the dipping;r means. are fixed' on a horizontal shaft :li-l which may he suitably driven, such shaft being shown in Fig. 4. The shaft 24 is then rotated and the. articles which thus move bodily in a circular path in a vertical plane with their axis extending horizontally have the paint uniformly and evenly distributed thereoii. The disks are thus rotated until the paint sets. .l

IVhile7 in the foregoing, .-'I have described a specific embodiment of apparatus together with a certain sequence ottsteps, Lit is never` lhelcss to be nnderstoodhthat, inpractiee, I may resort to such modifications as fall within thescope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim: i I

1. In anfapparatus for distribntin` and drying` coatingr on newly coated articees. a carrier, means for rigidliy supporting l1ornontally extending artig. es upon said carrier. and means for supporting and continuously rotating said carrier in a vertical plane for dnit'ormlv distributing the coat` in cr upon said articles.

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2. In an apparatus for distributing and drying coating on newly coated articles, a carrier, means for rigidly supporting horizontally extending articles upon said carrier, and :L continuously rotatable. horizontally disposed shaft u on which the carrier is adapted to be rigid y affixed for rotation in n vertical plane, whereby the contin` will be uniformly distributed on said articles.

3. In an apparatus for distributing and drying coating on newly coated articles, n horizontal continuously rotatable shaft, u disk adapted to be rigidly mounted on said shaft for rotation in a vertical plane, and means for rigidly supporting horizontally extending articles upon said disk, whereby the coating will be evenly distributed on said articles.

4. In :1n apparatus for distributin und drying coating on newly coated artic es, n ilisk,. means or rigidly supporting horizontiilly extending articles upon sind disk, und means for supporting und continuously rotating said disk in :l vertical plane, where by the coating will be evenly distributed on said articles.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribingr witnesses.

ALBERT S. ANDERSON. Witnesses:

A. L. Lmnoiwn, Geo. H. BEAN. 

